Electric refrigerator



June 16, 1931. H, M CK 1,810,841

ELECTRIC REFRIGERATOR F iled Dec. 7, 1929 UNITED STATES .PATE

' orria HU'Go moon, or NEW YORK, n. Y.

ELECTRIC REFRIGERATOR Application filed December 7,1929. Serial No. 412,551.

This invention relates to improvements in electric refrigerator, and has for its object the provision of an improved electric refrigerator with a number of detached storage '6 chambers, all of which will be in immediate contact with the refrigerating coils and its enclosure.

Another object of the invention is the provision of an electric refrigerator in which any one part of the refrigerator may be opened without disturbing the other parts or sections of the refrigerator.

Further objects of this invention will be apparent from the specification and drawllj ings in which Fig. 1 is a front elevation of my improved electric refrigerator showing the outside thereof.

Fig. 2 is a front elevation showing the outside of my improved refrigerator omitting the door from the central chamber and showing in dotted lines the conducting pipes for the refrigerating fluid.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged perspective view of 95 the refrigerating coil in the central chamber.

At thepresent time one of the disadvantages of the ordinary electric refrigerator is that when the door of the same is opened, the entire contents of the refrigerator are exposed with the consequent loss of refrigeration, the admission of warm air from the outside, and the admission of heat to the contents of the entire refrigerator. By locating the refrigerating coil with its enclosure in the center of the refrigerator, I am enabled to apply refrigeration to all four of the isolated sections of the refrigerator, as will be hereinafter described.

My improved refrigerator comprises an outer frame A subdivided into six separate cells, all disconnected from each other and closed by the doors 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 respectively. In the cell No. 3 is located the refrigerating coil with an enclosure surrounding same, onthe inside of thecoil being located the usual trays for making ice-cubes, etc. In the section of the refrigerator closed by door No. 1 the refrigeration is supplied by the top surface of the coil and enclosure in 5 chamber No. 3. The refrigeration for No.

2 is supplied by the left-hand surface of the freezing coil and enclosure, and refrigeration for chamber No. 4 is supplied by the right-hand side of the coil and enclosure located in chamber No. 3. Refrigeration for chamber No. 5 is supplied by the base of the coil and its enclosure, it being understood that each of these chambers has one side of the coil of the refrigerating coil in direct contact with it, so as to keep same in a cool condition. 63 The pipes 7 and 8 lead directly to the chamber No. 6 in which is located the necessary mechanism for including motor, etc. for keeping the refrigerating coilat the proper temperature, it being understood that the pipes 65 7 and 8 go through necessary perforations in the top and bottom of chamber No. 5 at the rear of the chamber. In chambers 2-, 4 and 5, there will be suificient air currents caused by convection to provide said chambers with a uniform degree of cold throughout same. Inasmuch as the base of the chamber 1 contacts only with the top of the refrigerating coil enclosure there would be a tendency in the top chamber to have the cool air only at the bottom thereof with warmer air near the top. To avoid this, it is merely necessary to attach a plate of a metal which is a good con ductor of heat, such as aluminum and having many perforations therein perpendiculars ly in the center of chamber 1, having said plate contact both with the top of the refrigerating coil enclosure and with the top of the chamber 1, so that said plate will serve to disseminate freely through the chamber. a uniform temperature. It is obvious that by this arrangement it is possible to have an electric refrigerator with a number of distinct chambers in same disconnected from each other, and all properly refrigerated from the same coil. I

It is also possible to change the arrangement of the doors and to change the arrangement of the chambers without departing from the spirit of this invention.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim is:

1. In an electric refrigerator, a refrigerat ing coil and enclosure, in the center thereof, and a series of refrigerating chambers cir- 1 0 wQwHs.

cnmferentiaily abutting and surrounding said central refrigerating coil, said chambers being entirely disconnected from each other.

in an electric refrigerator, a refrigerenclosure in the center thereof, es of refrigerating chambers cirlly abutting and surrounding refrigerating coil, said chambers ent'--ely disconnected from each other, "'eparatedoor for each of said refrigchambers. In an eiectrio refrigerator, a centrally d reezing coil and enclosure there- 2;. In an electric refrigerator, a centrally disposed freezing coil and enclosure therefor, a separate refrigerating chamber located at the top and bottom and on each side thereof, such refrigerating chambers being disconnected from each other, and pipes leading from the centrally disposed freezing coil to the refrigerating mechanism placed outside of said refri erating chambers.

In an electric refrigerator, a refrigercoil and enclosure in the center thereof, and a series of refrigerating chambers circumferentially abutting and surrounding said central refrigerating coil, each of said chambers being substantially isolated from each other, and a separate door for each of said refrigerating chambers.

6. In an electric refrigerator, a refrigerating coil and enclosurein the center thereof, anda series of refrigerating chambers circumferentially abutting and surrounding said central refrigerating coil, each of said chambers having wallsisolating same from adjacent chambers, and ascparate door for each of said refrigerating chambers.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

HUGO MOCK. 

